Improvement in elevator-buckets



s. means.

ELEVATOR-BUCKET.

Nu.175,102. Patented March 21,1876.

ffication. a

I and rear side ot? thesain'e.

,1; SAMUEL. kne l- E Specification} fo T0 allwhom i tmayconcernir 7 j Be it known that I, SAMUEL HUGHES, of

7 Oharlestominthejcounty of Charleston and State of South-Carolina, have invented cer tain new andv useful lmprovements Lin Eleva tor-Buckets anu no hereby declare the-following tobe a t'nll,'cle ar, andexactdescription of the invention', suchi'as will enable others skilled in tlie'aittoywhicli it pertains toniake, Q and us'eit, reference. being had to accompanyin g drawin gs, which'form 'part of thisjspeci- In the accompanying,drawings like} letters a designate l ikeparts'of myinvention. H

-; Figure l isf a front-view or myjimproved elevator-bucket,

End I FigLZ; shows thebottom 1 Elevator buckets aveheretofore been con strncteld of threeor norepieces of sheet-metal,

secured by rivetsothcrwise, but of a form I and constructionfthatnecessitatedthe,exposure'ot' the-joints o'r seams of the bucket'to grcatfrictio i anduwear -in passing through grain or other material to be raised, and also through the eleyator-cass. h

The object of my invention is to obviate many of the defects found inelevator-buckets as now constructed; and to thatfend myinvention consists, fii-st,.inan clevatohbucket having its front and sides formed of a single piece of v sheet metal; secondly, an elevatorbucket formed of two piecesof sheet metal, and presenting a seamless front; thirdly, in certain I details of construction, which w'illnlore fully appear-from the followingdescription and claims.

A is thefront of the bucket, formed of a single piece of sheet metal, the edges of which are folded, as at d a b, to allow of its attachment to the back B and bottom 0, by means of solder, rivets, or otherwise,.aswill befound o CHARLESTON, SOUTH oARom i lMPROlIJEf IV IIE NT I NihElIATOR-BUCKETS,

. when! ii] partof tea rfraiht No. 175,102,,dated March 21,1s7eg pfinanon iea t December 30,1875. a j j most expedient in their manufacture; r The back B and bottom 0 of theb'ucket are formed of a single piece of sheet metahandf the bottom has a continuous support] upon the lower flange of the front plate A. Around the mouth of the bucket there is secured astrengtheningband, D, which is folded ovem a protects the upper edges of the bucketJLA metallic strip or plate, E, is riveted t ofthe Iupper rear edge of the bucket, andseries"tore-enforce the metal where it is attachedtogthe endless V-belt. There are no joints jor rivets in] this bucket exposed to serious abrasion by the material to be transferred and to, the walls of I the elevator-casing, and the bucket is of simple, economical, and durable construction.

Theback and bottom of the bucketmay be formed of separate pieces of ,shectLmetal and secured 'at their lower edge; also, the bucket ,may be made of material of sufficient thick-- ness to safely allow of thejomission of the strengthening-band D; lienceI- do not limit vmyself to the exact form andfconstruction herein shown; but

What I claim, and desire ters Patent, is

to secure by Let- 1. The body of an elevator-bucket, com-- posed of two pieces of metal, and constructed,

substantially as setforth, to fol-ma seamless front, for the purpose specified 2. :The combination, with an elevator-bucket formed of two pieces of sheet metal, as set forth, of a strengthening-baiid, .D, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of December, 1875.

SAMUEL HUGHES.

Witnesses:

HORATIO G, HUGHES, FRED. HENDBIGKS. 

